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“What Christ demands of His listeners in the Sermon on the Mount belongs to that space in which man must rediscover the lost fullness of...

‘For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His...

‘Christ’s mission as Priest, Prophet-teacher and King continues in the Church. Everyone, the whole People of God, shares in this...

‘St. John Paul II made the world consider its need for redemption, and that the need had been met in the life, death and resurrection of...

‘I realized that I could either get a tent and have a great ministry or empower and equip and release the Body of Christ to do it...

‘I am convinced that the starting place of love is the realization that I am needed by another. The person who objectively needs me most...

‘I’ve seen your ministry; now I am going to show you Mine.’ (God to Wimber) On a flight from Chicago to New York City, John Wimber saw...

How can one be at once powerfully anointed and yet accessible, a person of the people? The mystic or cleric can be all too distant, while...

‘I’m change in His pocket. He can spend me any way He wants.’ John Wimber Both Wimber and Karol Wojtyla died as apostolic Christian...

‘If God’s got me nailed to the cross for my good, I’m not going to climb down off the cross and wreck the whole purpose of this painful...

John Wimber would’ve hated that title. Not that he wasn’t a super-accomplished musician worth his weight in gold as an arranger of...

“Before I was born the Lord called me…He made my mouth like a sharpened sword; in the shadow of His hand He hid me. He made me into a...

Hardships in childhood hinder and help. Much seems to depend on the person experiencing them. For John Wimber and Karol Wojtyla, gaps in...

‘Man must enter into Him with all his own self; he must appropriate and assimilate the whole reality of the Incarnation and redemption.’...

John Wimber and Karol Wojtyla possessed sharp creative minds that joined together disparate ideas. The resulting wholeness became a love...

‘I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in Me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these…’ (Jn 14:12)...

‘It is only in the mystery of the Word made flesh that the mystery of man truly becomes clear.’ (Gaudium et Spes 22) John Wimber inspired...

‘A new teaching--and with authority!’ (Mk 1:27) Two very different men united in one Gospel—one Polish, the first non-Italian pope in 450...

My friend Mark engages regularly with Kim, a cancer-stricken cousin. As the only Christian in the family, he prays sensitively yet firmly...

Original entry date: December 12, 2011 I had never led a healing service for a group of Catholics before. And although I have been...